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Give me Greece before giving me the United Nations, then we talk awful


I'm getting so-o-o-o-o tired of progressives forcing their ideas of utopia upon everything, whether sacred or common.

If the time setting for this story is supposed to be 13th century Greece, before Christ (B.C.), then I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO SUFFER seeing dark-skinned people who are obviously from the African continent holding cherished societal positions such as Army commander or High Priestess. The frank fact of the matter is that any person not of Grecian origin was far more likely to live our their time in the Greece of that day as a servant or a slave if they weren't lucky enough to successfully pass through Grecian territory.

So, it more than strains credulity to see a Philippine woman serving in such an honored position as High Priestess MUCH LESS a Hindustani ACTUALLY SERVING AS THE HIGH PRIESTESS while there was available a presumable Grecian woman serving as her DECOY!!!! This remarkably ridiculous idea ranks in terms of scale AND SMELL with the similar idea of having Duane "the rock" Johnson playing in the role Hercules! Truth is what it is. History was what it was. We wouldn't accept a white woman or an Chinese woman acting in the role of Rosa Parks in a recount of the tale of Ms. Parks so what makes these people think we want this dribble or, perhaps more to the point, that we could benefits from a lying proposition?!?!?

I agree with the majority opinion of this movie. It was an unfortunate decision on my part to invest the time that I did to view until its end. For one of the rarest of times in my life I AM SERIOUSLY ASKING THAT MOST FUTILE OF QUESTIONS: how do I get back the last two hours??????????

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Even you said the word "likely" rather than "certainly". We don't know for certain that there weren't any whites in "cherished societal positions" in any random Greek city so why get so worked up?

Rosa Parks was 100% black. A movie about her would likely be a documentary-esque. You're allowed to get worked up if Liam Neeson plays her in an upcoming movie, because we're 100% sure that she wasn't an Irish dude. But you can't get too worked up if "random privileged person" gets played by "random actor who may not be the most likely skin tone for said random person".

If we're going to pick on the skin tone of the chosen actors; why not focus on their accent, too. I'm pretty sure American accents didn't exist back then. Plus most of the Gods were Brits (and an Aussie), and the Greeks were mostly Yanks. Sheesh. None of these accents existed back then in this highly factual movie about this highly factual story.

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You're ridiculous. This is Greek mythology and culture, they shouldn't be black or Asian, or even Norwegian looking.

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Get a fu*+in life you dick !!! This isn't about politics this is a pure entertainment movie , and that's what we got , don't bring your *beep* in where it don't belong ... pric*

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